CRL UPDATE: Otahuhu College beaten

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Mount Albert Grammar School handed Otahuhu College its first defeat in College Rugby Leagues Warriors Cup championship on Wednesday.

Playing at home, Otahuhu went into the third-round clash leading the competition after beating Kelston Boys High School and Westlake Boys High School but ultimately found Mount Albert Grammar too tough to combat.

The Steve Price-coached Mount Albert Grammar side, encouraged by a win over Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate last week, had a 10-0 halftime lead and scored the only points of the second half to beat Otahuhu 14-0. Outstanding for MAGS was Vodafone Warriors development player Nathaniel Roache; playing at fullback, he scored two of his teams three tries.

While MAGS was stitching together its second win to join Otahuhu on four points, rugby leagues pre-eminent secondary schools force St Pauls College was held to a draw for the second week running.

Last week it finished locked 6-6 with Kelston Boys High School and the score-line read 18-18 at fulltime against Westlake Boys High School this time. It was a close-run affair, St Pauls leading 14-0 at halftime only to run into all sorts of strife as Westlake stormed back into the contest with 18 second half points only.

The result creates a three-way tie at the top. St Pauls, with a win and two draws, leads on points for and against from MAGS and Otahuhu. Kelston is fourth on three points after beating Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate 32-6.

In the third-tier competition the Warriors Bowl there was a highly unusual score-line at halftime between Rutherford College and Tangaroa College. It read 32-1 in Tangaroas favour, James Nonutonu with the field goal for Rutherford. He later scored his sides only try in a 5-38 loss.